REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
MobileIron, a Mountain View, CA-based Mobile IT platform that provides multi-OS mobile application management, has raised $40m in Series E mezzanine financing. The round, which brings the company’s total funding to $97m, was led by Institutional Venture Partners which joined existing investors Foundation Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, and Storm Ventures. MobileIron intends to […]
AudioCure Pharma GmbH, a Berlin, Germany-based start up focused on the clinical development of drug candidates in neurodegenerative disease indications, has raised a seed financing of undisclosed amount. Backers include High-Tech Gründerfonds and business angel Dr. Schumacher. The company intends to use the company to develop its lead compound in the preclinical phase. AudioCure Pharma’s […]
Ace Metrix, a Mountain View, CA-based provider of television and video analytic solutions, has closed an $8m financing round. Backers include WPP, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Leapfrog Ventures, and Palomar Ventures. The company intends to use the new capital for product development and new market expansion. Led by CEO Peter Daboll, Ace Metrix provides advertisers […]
10gen, the company behind MongoDB www.mongodb.org, has secured $42m in financing. The round, which brings the total amount raised by the company to date to more than $73m, was led by New Enterprise Associates, with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners and Union Square Ventures. The company intends to use the funding […]
GreenBytes, Inc., an Ashaway, Rhode Island, USA-based developer of inline data deduplication storage solutions based on SSD technology, has raised an additional $12m in Series B funding. The round was led by Generation Investment Management LLP, with participation from Battery Ventures and GreenBytes management. The company intends to use the funding to expand and accelerate […]
Serious Parody, a Dundee, Scotland, UK-based games company, has raised over £1m in funding. Backers include private investors, with a further £230k coming from a Scottish Enterprise regional selective assistance grant. The company intends to use the capital to establish a new studio (based in Dundee) and recruit 18 new members of staff including multiple […]
Funky Moves Ltd, a Livingston, UK-based interactive sports equipment business, recently raised £332k in funding. Backers include undisclosed private investors. The company is using the funds to launch its new product to market later in 2012. Following its motto “Wellbeing through technology”, Funky Moves offers products that aim to encourage people of all ages to […]
Sensee, a French online optician, has raised €17.5m in funding. Backers include Partech International, Orkos Capital, Idinvest and other business angels. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its development. Launched in October 2011 and now led by CEO Marc Simoncini, Sensee offers glasses, sunglasses and contact lenses. It has a customer base […]
Rosslyn Analytics, a London, UK-based provider of SaaS enterprise data discovery services and business intelligence, has received an equity investment of undisclosed amount. The round was led by IQ Capital Partners LLP. Led by Charles Clark, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Hugh Cox, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Jeff Sweetman, Chief Operating Officer, Steve Hayward, […]
Housebites.com, a London, UK-based start up that delivers home food cooked by certified chefs, has raised a funding of undisclosed amount. Backers include EC1 Capital, Michael Birch, founder of Bebo, and Steve Pankhurst, founder fo FriendsReunited.com. Based in Shoreditch and led by CEO Simon Prockter and CTO Michael Brittain, Housebites.com utilizes certified chefs to deliver […]
Glopho, a London, UK-based crowd-sourced photo sharing service, has closed a £150k funding. Backers include a syndicate of four London Business Angels, who invested a total of £100k. The company intends to use the funding to launch its product and increase monthly page impressions and unique user metrics. Established in 2010 by CEO Simon Walker, […]
Infrafones, a Stockholm, Sweden-based maker of soot cleaning technology, has raised an equity funding of undisclosed amount. Backers include Almi Invest and Coach & Capital. The company intends to use the capital to expand in Europe. Led by Mattias Nystrom, Infrafones has developed low frequency infrasound technology designed to help customers increase efficiency, availability and […]
OptoNova AB, a Solna, Sweden-based international supplier of automatic inspection systems for manufacturing industries, has received an equity funding of undisclosed amount. Backers include Almi Invest and Kvarnen AB. The company intends to use the capital to expand the business. OptoNova supplies automated vision systems to furniture, engineering and packaging industries, with more than 140 installations […]
An £82.5m StartUp Loan scheme has been launched to support UK-based young entrepreneurs and potentially start over 30 thousand new businesses. Any young people aged 18–24 accessing the scheme will receive expert and personal support to help develop a business plan and access training. If the business plan is approved, they will receive a £2,5k […]
Catchoom, a Barcelona, Spain-based developer of a visual recognition system, has closed over €600k in its first round of equity funding and soft loans from public government institutions. Backers include Inveready First Capital, which becomes a minority shareholder. Founded by CEO David Marimon and Tomasz Adamek in November 2011 as a spin-off of Telefónica R&D, […]